former manufacture; former make
to set (citizens) to work; to employ (by force); to use
operating expenses; budget
good old; good old-fashioned
earthen walls (of fortification); earthwork; embankment
midsummer greetings; to inquiry after someone's health in the hot season
orpiment; gamboge; falsification; alteration
tamagushi used at Ise Shrine's purification ceremonies
sympathetic magic; homeopathic magic; imitative magic
heating a vessel without water in it; heating an empty pan, kettle, boiler, bathtub, etc.
imported (transmitted) from China
Yinglong; dragon and rain deity in Chinese mythology
to forget to mention; to leave unspoken; to let slip a secret
tip (of a fishing rod, cue stick, dart, etc.)
absolute coordinate; absolute address
management task; management function
knowing; understanding; appreciation
breath; sign (of something new and fresh); breath (of spring, fresh air, etc.); vitality
unbleached cloth; unbleached colour (color); unbleached; undyed
fourth degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale)
I don't like it; I hate it
pickled vegetables; pickles
taking turns; in rotation
personnel exchange; people-to-people exchange
smell of something rotten; rotten smell